Rockfish Heaven
The Potomac River from St. Clements Island north to Port Tobacco has been the most consistent area to catch rockfish.
Jay caught this fine perch in the Potomac near the 301 Bridge.
Consistent fall stripers in the Patuxent.
The Potomac River from St. Clements Island north to Port Tobacco has been the most consistent area to catch rockfish. Both the Virginia and Maryland sides are holding big schools of feeding stripers. The fish don't bite every day all day, but if you wait them out the bite will come on. Trollers do well with tandem and umbrella rigs and can cover a lot of water to find fish. Jiggers and casters rely on breaking fish and electronics to find targets for their lures. The 301 Bridge pilings are holding blue catfish, rockfish, and white perch. Chartreuse and electric chicken colors on a jig head work wonders.
Jiggers at Point Patience can find stripers. Sometimes it's fast and furious, other times you have to work for them.
Josh found stripers at Piney Point Oil rig last Saturday.
Further south the Potomac can produce stripers most anywhere, anytime, but the fishing is much more hit or miss. The cold front coming through early this week may push the rockfish further south towards the bay.
Rockfish love those umbrellas lures.
The pilings of the Potomac River Bridge had catfish, stripers, and white perch in abundance this week.
The Patuxent had very good striper activity this week. Trollers have been mostly successful in the Broom Island to Sea Breeze area. The lower Patuxent from Half Pone Point to Cedar Point has lots of fish and mountains of bait.
Emily Windsor found sea bass at Little Cove Point.
Eric found crappie stacked up on St Mary's Lake. This is one of 20 that took his jigged silver spoon in about an hour.
Some white perch are being caught by bottom fishermen in the 70-to-80-foot depths of the Patuxent in the area of the Solomons Bridge to Point Patience. These are big fat perch in the 11-inch category.
Monday morning on Captain Bernie Sheas charter. Cold, wind, rockfish in the Patuxent.
Good weather is predicted for the upcoming weekend with mild temperatures and reasonable winds. This is prime time for stripers. Let's go fishing!